£86 million. This is the price Manchester United paid for Antony in 2022. This was the award that has contributed to Antony becoming the most expensive flop in club history. When the Brazilian disappeared on loan to Real Betis in January, United supporters breathed a sigh of relief. At least now we don’t need to be reminded of Ten Hag’s blunder. Antony has over the course of three games made sure that United supporters are now asking the question of what on earth is wrong at Manchester United.
Twice 72 minutes on the pitch. Two-time Player of the Match. Scoring in the second game. This was the status of the club’s most expensive flop at Manchester United after two games in the Real Betis shirt on loan – before Thursday’s Conference League match. Antony also made a big play and scored the first goal of the game, for what ended with a 0-3 victory.
Not surprisingly, United supporters threw themselves over the keyboard, here a selection of divided reactions:
@Utd__Agenda posted on X: “You can’t help but laugh. This is Antony. Are we the problem? 🤣😂 .”
@petesunitedPOV tweeted: “Antony scored again tonight 👀 Look what can happen when a player gets away from our reactive toxic fanbase and from the media hammering him for making a spin 🤔 At some point we have to take responsibility for the insane pressure placed on our own players.”
@UTDRoger_ said: “ANTONY SCORES HIS SECOND GOAL IN HIS THIRD GAME FOR BETIS. WHAT’S WRONG WITH US?”
@TheUtdArchive commented: “Antony suddenly being fit at his new club is not a coincidence. Some players don’t have the mentality to perform at United and he is one of them. He had the chance to be good at Man Utd and he wasn’t, he’s found his level.”
@markgoldbridge added: “Antony scores again….so what? He had two and a half years at United and was terrible. I’m never going to understand the hype behind players who go elsewhere and do well but consistently failed here. They only have themselves to blame. Fuck the blame culture. Look in the mirror.”
